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PHENETIC
Definition of PHENETIC
adjective
Of, or relating to, phenetics.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pheno- + -etic; modelled on genetic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHENETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PHENETIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEHINPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PHENET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found PHENETIC?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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